Just wondering, what's the logic behind the rule change for clay season?

- Predict the score of the final set of the match (+5 if correct)- Predict the number of tiebreakers in the match(+2 if correct)- Predict the time of the match to the minute. (+4 if your prediction is within 10 minutes of the actual match time)- Predict the amount of service breaks in the match. (+6 if correct)

1. I agree with that one2. I agree with that one3. Disagree. It should be higher than usual because clay matches tend to go longer so it's harder to predict4. Disagree. The service breaks are rarer on clay so it'd be harder to predict, no?

Just wondering, what's the logic behind the rule change for clay season?

- Predict the score of the final set of the match (+5 if correct)- Predict the number of tiebreakers in the match(+2 if correct)- Predict the time of the match to the minute. (+4 if your prediction is within 10 minutes of the actual match time)- Predict the amount of service breaks in the match. (+6 if correct)

1. I agree with that one2. I agree with that one3. Disagree. It should be higher than usual because clay matches tend to go longer so it's harder to predict4. Disagree. The service breaks are rarer on clay so it'd be harder to predict, no?

3. True that, I re-considered and put it back to the original number of 5. I thought too many people were predicting the time of the match. I won't make it higher because you can always choose which matches to pick, and most people are going to choose "Nadal def Bowl in 1 hour", not "Roger-Vasselin def Montanes in x hours"4. I'm not sure what you meant by service breaks are rarer on clay In my experience clay matches always tend to have plenty of service breaks. Because serve is less effective

Wow, the BOS tactic worked, despite picking the breakfest that was Simon - Bautista and also getting the winner wrong. 2nd round has already started, but not many matches has been played yet, so easy to avoid those.R2: Nadal vs. Matosevic 2-0, 52 minutesRaonic vs. Nieminen, 2-0, 1 TB

--------------------------------------I have been thinking. Here is my philosophy for being able to predict in both Day 1 and Day 2 of each round:

It could give you an advantage because you could have wanted to predict for a Day 1 match but were too lazy. You could have wanted to pick "Djokovic def Nieminen in 2, 1 hour", but you saw that Nieminen outlasted Djokovic in 3, and changed to predict for a different match.

However- say you weren't available to predict for Day 1. And Day 1 is when Nadal plays vs a clay court mug like Lu. But on Day 2 none of the matches are that straightforward and easy to guess. You may have less options.

So there is one possible advantage and one possible disadvantage. It evens out Anyway, I believe in benefit of the doubt.